NDA responsible for geologic disposal of higher activity wastes

NDA responsible for geologic disposal of higher activity wastes

London (Platts)--27Oct2006

UK's NDA will be responsible for the geologic disposal of higher activity
wastes, and Nirex will be subsumed into the NDA, the UK's Environment
Secretary David Miliband announced October 25. The state-run cleanup body
Nuclear Decommissioning Authority will replace Nirex, which has played an
important role in developing the UK's knowledge on geological disposal, he
said. Nirex would be allowed a short period to comment on the proposed
ownership transfer "and how it could best be brought about," he said. Miliband
said the key recommendations of the Committee on Radioactive Waste Management,
or Corwm, published in July, had been accepted by the government. A new
committee--with the same Corwm name but with a reconstituted membership--will
be appointed to give advice on long-term radioactive waste management plans,
he said. This would include considering the strategy and delivery plans and
the site selection process. He said government was strongly supportive of
Corwm's concept of "voluntarism" by local communities taking on the project.

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